Performance artist Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) doesn’t think we need gun safety legislation because we should all be as armed and dangerous as terrorists while “sitting in our homes” as law enforcement professionals do their job… professionally. And lawfully.

Hey Louie, what if someone with an assault weapon, who is not trained the way the pros are, who is on edge and filled with fear, sprays someone with bullets who is not a terrorist? What if a terrorist shoots the person sitting in their chair first and then takes (and uses) their weapon? What if police officers and government agencies instruct civilians (as they did in this case) to “not act on their own“?

What if you just do this:

Via Right Wing Watch:

Gohmert:

What hit me this morning when I heard the residents there around Boston and in the area where they thought someone might be were ordered to stay in their homes, businesses were ordered closed, public transportation was ordered closed. Let me ask you, if you’re sitting in your home and you know there are only two possibilities for people coming to your door, one is law enforcement and the other is somebody who has already killed Americans and continues to do so, how many rounds do you want to be limited to in your magazine as you sit in your chair and wait?

The Blaze:

That’s a brilliant question.

What a brilliant comeback from The Blaze to such brilliance coming from brilliant Gomer Gohmert, demonstrating how two brilliant analysts engaging in brilliant conversation can come to such brilliant conclusions.

Think Progress adds this:

…Gohmert claimed that the Boston tragedy should give pause to immigration reform advocates who seek to reform the system, an argument that several Republican leaders are now advancing.

There’s that Republican rebranding effort again, striving for outreach, remaking their small-minded image, and falling flat on their hypocritical faces in the process.